CPA London

The Centre for Psychological Astrology

The CPA provides a unique workshop and professional
training programme, designed to foster the cross-fertilisation of
the fields of astrology and depth, humanistic, and transpersonal
psychology.
The world-renowned Centre for Psychological Astrology was founded by Liz Greene
and Howard Sasportas in 1983.

Aims

The Centre for Psychological Astrology offers a professional training
course in psychological astrology. The main aims and objective are:

a) To provide students with a solid and broad base of knowledge
both within the realm of traditional astrological symbolism and technique
in the field of psychology, so that the astrological chart can be
sensitively understood and interpreted in the light of modern psychological
thought.

b) To make available to students psychologically qualified case
supervision along with background seminars in counselling skills
and techniques that would raise the standard and effectiveness of
astrological consultation. It should be noted that no formal training
as a counsellor or therapist is provided by the course.

c) To encourage investigation and research into the links between
astrology, psychological models and therapeutic techniques, thereby
contributing to and advancing the already existing body of astrological
and psychological knowledge.

History

The Centre for Psychological Astrology began unofficially in 1980
as a sporadic series of classes and seminars offered by Liz Greene
and Howard Sasportas, covering all aspects of astrology from beginners’ courses
to more advanced one-day seminars. In 1981 additional evening courses
and seminars by other tutors were interspersed with those of Liz
and Howard to increase the variety of material offered to students,
and Juliet Sharman-Burke and Warren Kenton began contributing their
expertise in Tarot and Kabbalah. It then seemed appropriate to take
what was previously simply a random collection of astrology classes
and put them under a single umbrella so in 1982 the “prototype” of
the CPA - the Centre for Transpersonal Astrology - was born, with
the administrative work handled by Richard Aisbitt, himself a practising
astrologer.

In 1983 the name was changed to the Centre for Psychological Astrology,
because a wide variety of psychological approaches was incorporated
into the seminars, ranging from transpersonal psychology to the work
of Jung, Freud and Klein. The Diploma Course was eventually created,
with additional tutors joining the staff. The Centre continued to
develop and consolidate its programme despite the tragic death of
Howard in 1992, when Charles Harvey became co-director with Liz Greene.
Richard Aisbitt continued to manage the administration until 1994,
when the burden of increasing ill health forced him to restrict his
contribution to beginners’ and intermediate classes. At this
time Juliet Sharman-Burke took over the administration for the Centre.
Richard himself sadly died in 1996.

At the beginning of 2000, Charles Harvey tragically died of cancer,
leaving Liz Greene as sole director. In the new Millennium, the CPA
continues to develop along both familiar and innovative lines, always
maintaining the high standards reflected in the fine work of its
former co-directors.